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# Chief Executive Officer/Pensions Regulator

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## Job Description

**Job title:** Chief Executive Officer/Pensions Regulator

**Employer:** The Pensions Authority

**Location:** Dublin

**Closing Date:** 3pm, Thursday, 3rd September 2026

### About the Employer

The Pensions Authority is a statutory body established under the Pensions Act 1990. The Authority supervises compliance with the Pensions Act by scheme trustees, personal retirement saving account (PRSA) providers, registered administrators and employers. Additionally, the Authority is responsible for advising the Minister for Social Protection on pension matters generally.

The Authority is responsible for the oversight of occupational pension schemes and personal retirement savings accounts (PRSAs), totalling over €162 billion of retirement savings. These savings represent a very important part of the retirement plans for many individuals, and the objective of the Authority’s supervision is to achieve good outcomes for contributors through the supervision of trustees and of PRSA providers. The Pensions Authority is also required to report annually to the Minister for Social Protection on the operation of the National Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings Authority (NAERSA).

### About the Role

The Pensions Authority wishes to appoint a new CEO/Pensions Regulator to build on the organisation's strong foundations and achievements to date, and to lead the Authority as it continues to evolve its supervisory approach in response to significant change and increasing complexity across the pensions landscape.

The CEO/Pensions Regulator is the statutory office holder responsible for leading the Pensions Authority and working closely with the Board to ensure the effective delivery of its statutory and regulatory mandate. This includes overseeing the regulation and supervision of compliance with the Pensions Act, providing high-quality policy advice to Government, driving organisational performance and capability, and representing the Authority at national, European and international levels.

The CEO will provide visible, values-led leadership, ensure strong governance and financial stewardship, and drive continuous improvement to protect pension benefits and support a well-regulated, sustainable pensions system.

### About You

### Essential experience and expertise

- Significant senior leadership experience in a regulatory environment or in an industry subject to significant regulatory oversight; ideally in pensions, financial services, or a closely related field.
- Possess a strong technical knowledge of pensions/financial regulation and legislative frameworks or demonstrate the capacity to quickly acquire and apply this expertise.
- Proven senior leadership experience in a complex, multi-disciplinary organisation or function, and contributing to significant decision making in high-profile, high-risk or complex environments.
- Be active and innovative, with a record of proven career achievement to date, particularly regarding modernisation, implementing technological and other solutions to simplify processes, sustainable change and performance improvement.
- Strong analytical and managerial capability, including experience overseeing governance and operations, leading change, delivery of programmes and execution against agreed objectives and performance measures.
- Capable of representing the organisation at senior level and engaging effectively with stakeholders such as Government, regulators, industry, media and other external parties nationally and internationally.
- Proven ability to build and lead high-performing teams, foster an inclusive and positive culture, and support staff development, succession planning and organisational capability.
- Demonstrate integrity, sound judgement and commitment to public service values, with the resilience and adaptability required to lead in a complex and evolving environment.
- Experience of the management of significant financial resources and capacity to quickly understand public financial procedures in a complex organisation.

The closing date for receipt of completed applications is 3pm on Thursday, 3rd September, 2026.

We are committed to a policy of equal opportunity and encourage applications under all nine grounds of the Employment Equality Act.

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Posted August 23, 2026